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Robert Moynihan, editor of Inside the Vatican has just published a biography of Pope Francis entitled, Pray For Me.
When he was writing the book, Robert Moynihan got in touch with The Catholic Herald to request if he could site some lines from the mini-bio that I wrote, the week that Pope Francis became Pope.

The two pieces from the mini-bio that were put into the official biography were:
“They had a modest existence, being so thrifty that new clothes were seen as dangerously lavish, not once going on holidays and never owning a car,” writes Mary O’Regan, author of a thoughtful account of the pope’s early life, which appeared in the Catholic Herald on March 22. “They were not poor, but were unassuming upper-working-class Italians who considered themselves very fortunate to have secure
housing in Flores, an ordinary suburb of Buenos Aires. Many of Mario Bergoglio’s fellow workers on the railroads would have lived in shantytowns.”

Cardinal O'Malley: "Because
the Gospel of Life is the centerpiece of the Church’s social doctrine
and because we consider abortion a crime against humanity, the Catholic
Bishops of the United States have asked that Catholic institutions not
honor government officials or politicians who promote abortion with
their laws and policies. Recently
I learned that the Prime Minister of Ireland, the Hon. Mr. Enda Kenny
was slated to receive an honorary degree at Boston College’s graduation
this year. I am sure that the invitation was made in good faith, long
before it came to the attention of the leadership of Boston College that
Mr. Kenny is aggressively promoting abortion legislation. The Irish
Bishops have responded to that development by affirming the Church’s
teaching that “the deliberate decision to deprive an innocent human
being of life is always morally wrong” and expressed serious concern
that the proposed legislation “represents a dramatic and morally
unacce…

Cardinal Seán O’Malley has urged Ireland to stand up to the “great
pressure” it faces to legislate on abortion, saying it should be proud
of its pro-life heritage.

His comments came as Irish MPs prepared to vote on legislation that
would allow abortion in cases where the mother is deemed at risk of
suicide.

The government claims that the legislation will merely provide “legal
clarity” for doctors and codify a Supreme Court ruling that allowed
abortion in such cases anyway.
But the country’s bishops’ conference have described the proposal as a
“dramatic and morally unacceptable change to Irish law” that would
“make the direct and intentional killing of unborn children lawful in
Ireland”.

In an exclusive interview with Mary O’Regan in this week’s Catholic
Herald Cardinal O’Malley said that changing the law would “encourage”
and “condone” abortion.

Cardinal O’Malley said: “Abortion is the taking of an innocent human
life; everyone should resist abortion. Ireland has the good…

I was born in the mountains of West Cork, Ireland, surrounded by forested slopes and woodlands that filter the natural light until it is a golden glow. For seven years, I have made my home in the heart of bustling London: here I am pursuing my vocation to be a writer and journalist. This is the life of a contemporary Catholic Irishwoman in exile. I strive to attend Tridentine Mass as often as possible, and I pray to St Anthony daily.